1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
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Feb 13 2016
Aerial Analysis: East Meadow, Westbury and the Vanderbilt Cup Race on October 12, 1936 Updated 2/15
I admit it- I am a very big fan of aerials. They provide a snapshot of history on a given day and a given moment. No better example is this aerial taken of Westbury and East Meadow on October 12, 1936.
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Feb 04 2016
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Amazing Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation: #1 1956 Mitchel Field
Joel Friedman, archive and docent volunteer for the Cradle of Aviation Museum, has forwarded several spectacular aerials of Mitchel Field. With the permission of Joshua Stoff, curator of the museum, VanderbiltCupRaces.com will be posting a series of aerials from the museum's archives.
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Jan 23 2016
The Race to a Doctorate: Michelin, Bibendum and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Barcelona, has spent ten years researching Michelin's graphic history. In July 2015, Pau completed his doctorate thesis "The forgotten years of Bibendum: the American stage of Michelin in Milltown." Design, illustration and advertising at tire companies (1900-1930). .
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Dec 08 2015
New England Historical Society: Harry Grant Wins the Vanderbilt Cup
The New England Historical Society has posted this profile of Harry Grant, the only driver of the Alco Black Beast.
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Dec 02 2015
A Colorized Photo of the #23 American that Raced in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Sam Berliner III has forwarded a link to a colorized photo of a Vanderbilt Cup racer posted on the American Photo Colorizing blog.
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Sep 02 2015
NewEnglandHistoricalSociety.com: Profile of Driver Harry Grant
Utilizing information from VanderbiltCupRaces.com, the New England Historical Society has posted a profile of driver Harry Grant.
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Apr 20 2015
Mystery Foto #16 Solved Again: Ralph Beardsley’s Simplex Practicing for the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Chuck Rudy Jr. challenged you to identify this photo which he recently obtained.
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Jan 19 2015
Mystery Foto #3 Solved:Driver Arthur Chevrolet After His Marquette-Buick Broke Down in the 1910 Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto showed the importance of the Vanderbilt Cup Races to the drivers of the era.
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Jan 01 2015
Search: Information and Photos of Franz Heim. Submitted by Kurt Heim (January 9, 2015)
Kurt Heim is looking for your help in finding photos and information on his great-grandfather Franz Heim, who drove the #8 Benz in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Dec 23 2014
Mystery Foto #99: The Wright Flying Field in Mineola Circa 1916/1917
Allan Routt of Fairborn, Ohio forwarded this never-before-published photo of a Long Island Motor Parkway sign as this weekend's Mystery Foto.
